Can you spot the copperhead??

Cool reminder...

I spotted him right off, but didn't make me feel any better. Back when I was in the park service years ago I had one of these strike me without warning, his teeth got stuck in the nylon mesh in the side of my boot, he was thrashing around and I was trying to run away from my boots (that were tied to my feet) all the while screaming like a little girl... I hate copperheads, some say you will smell cucumbers when one is angered near you... I've never smelled one, but I've seen too many. West Virginia seems to be where God favored placing them :-)

Ah,if one bit my shoe top,and got hung and was flouncing all around,I doubt the smell of cucumbers would be the aroma in the air. lol Eddie

I had no problem spotting him.

We have killed to many of the darn things around here.

If I'm not mistaken, the head is on the left. Hard to see in a picture. Much easier if you let the dogs run in front of you.

Took me too long to find it. I would have already gotten bit. We have rattlesnakes here. A lot easier to see. Any kind of snakes give me the creeps. Even little 6" baby water snakes....

We've got a pack of weener dogs that alert to all snakes... and one currently has a three week swollen jaw to prove it...

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This is one reason we don't go into the woods this time of year.That and hunters! I had to laugh at the snake caught on the boot. I chased my 2yo son down the dirt drive one day (he escaped naked) I saw him squat down to look at something before I got to him.It was a small copperhead he was about to reach down and touch it I snatched him up and it struck at my shoe it got caught on my laces. I did alot of kicking and screaming too.

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Wow. I would be in so much trouble. Now I know why I stay in Ohio.
My 8yr old, 4 yr. old and I so missed it.
thanks for sharing.

LOL. Amen.

That zigzag pattern helped me find it real fast. But don't ask me to tell you where the head or tail is. I don't like snakes. I even scream when a worm wiggles.

I live in south Texas with a lot of snakes. Are there any websites that would provide the snake hibernation time periods for Texas - so my family will know when it's safer to go out in the woods here? Thanks.

YEEP. Ok, that settles it.. I'm not moving to copperhead country. I couldn't see it even when shown where it was!!

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Look to the Lower Half Center,look for the Dark Brown Dimounds.

Truth I smelled him first.

big rockpile

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I found the best defense for such snake ocurrances is to squeal like a little girl and jump as high and away as possible.
For added safety and to throw said snake off scent trail; I sometimes release a small amount of urine in the squeal jump process.
Works every time.

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Wow that's neat! Thanks.
We have a pair, male and female along the creek. I go back and forth to dip water for the garden and as I do, I bump the metal water cans on a couple of rocks and go slow. They move along every time. I don't go there in the early spring.

I couldn't find it and I've killed 6 of them in the back yard this summer.. thats why I rake my yard every few days.. my eyesight isn't what it used to be. BTW, we had two dogs bitten this summer [thats what started the nightly hunt] both are fine, though I've almost had a heart attack once or twice. Still looking for the mommy & daddy.

LOL!!!! That's what I did the last time a snake surprised me... coming up the chute with a bale of hay onto the wagon. I screamed like a girl and jumped off the wagon. DH stopped the tractor, saw that it was a copperhead, and killed it with some tool that was in the tractor toolbox. Normally we're live and let live type people, but we have too many dogs and horses to take a chance on letting poisonous critters live.

Oh, one time DH hit a nest of baby rattlers with the weed-eater. That time HE screamed like a girl and ran! Some birds saw the commotion and easy dinner and took care of that situation.

New Yorkers, you may want to check the list of poisonous snakes for your state.

I found that here...http://www.esf.edu/pubprog/brochure/snakes/snakes.htm

There is more info there. That was just a snippet. We have the same 3 here in PA, but I've only ever seen one rattle snake in over 20 years (so far!).

Oh, I spotted the snake in under 30 seconds, but in real life, I most likely wouldn't have seen it unless it moved.

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Anytime I tell myself I'm fed up with Canadian winters, and think of moving south, I remember all the snakes and alligators (depending on your region). Who wants to be constantly on the lookout for that stuff? No, thank you!

At least here, you can walk through the woods or along the water's edge, and not have to really look too close at what you're stepping on. Rattlers are very rare in Ontario, except for a few small areas. I will probably never see one at home base here. Got lots of snakes, but they're pretty much harmless breeds.

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and that's another good reason I live in WI.

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